Canada surprised in the U20 World Cup: Latvia creates historical victory!
Canada surprised in the U20 World Cup: Latvia creates historical victory!
In a surprising and exciting duel at the ice hockey U20 World Cup in Ottawa, Latvia Canada defeated 3-2 after a nerve-wracking shootout and thus celebrated a historical victory. This is the first success of Latvia against the North American maple leaves at a U20 World Cup, which only reinforced the joy of the Latvian players and fans, such as laola1.at . Latvian goalkeeper Linards Feldberg was a great support and parried impressive 55 out of 57 shots of Canadians during the game, while Latvia's attacker Eriks Mateiko scored the decisive goal in Shootout.
Shortly after Canada celebrated a convincing 4-0 victory over Finland the day before, the surprising defeat came against the inferior Latvian team. Jett Lucherko initially gave Canada the lead before Mateiko achieved the equalization. Calum Ritchie increased again for Canada, but Peteris Bulans caused the extension with his goal in the final phase of the game. It remained goalless, and after seven shooters Mateiko converted the decisive goal in the shootout and brought Latvia to cheer, such as reported.
The result is not only a sensation, but also shows the weaknesses of the Canadian team, which showed a disappointing performance, even though it could compete with a variety of NHL-round pickers. After this surprising result, Canada is still at the top of group A, but the uncertainty in the team is clear, and it remains to be seen how they will be against Germany in the next game.
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| Ort | Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Kanada |
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